When asked for the best project management software, 6 AI assistants named 6 brands between them this month. Asana was named most often, followed by ClickUp and Trello. 2 brands were named by every assistant that answered: Asana, ClickUp.
Who named whom
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Cohere | Named by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asana | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| ClickUp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Trello | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 of 6 |
| Monday.com | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | 4 of 6 |
| Basecamp | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | 3 of 6 |
| Zoho Projects | ✓ | ✓ | · | · | · | · | 2 of 6 |
Share of voice
What each assistant said
ChatGPT
Named 6 brands, in this order: Trello, Asana, ClickUp, Basecamp, Monday.com, Zoho Projects.
Selecting the best project management software for a small business depends on various factors, such as the specific needs of the business, the number of team members, the complexity of projects, and the budget available.
Perplexity
Named 3 brands, in this order: Asana, Zoho Projects, ClickUp.
There isn’t a single best project management software for every small business, but the strongest all-around picks in current reviews are monday.com, Asana, Zoho Projects, and ClickUp.
Claude
Named 5 brands, in this order: Trello, Asana, Monday.com, ClickUp, Basecamp.
Here are some top options depending on your needs:
Grok
Named 3 brands, in this order: ClickUp, Asana, Trello.
That said, here are the top recommendations for small businesses in 2025, based on ease of use, pricing, and real-world suitability:
DeepSeek
Named 5 brands, in this order: Asana, Trello, ClickUp, Monday.com, Basecamp.
There's no single "best" option — it depends on how your team works, your budget, and what you need to track.
Cohere
Named 4 brands, in this order: Asana, Trello, Monday.com, ClickUp.
Choosing the best project management software for a small business depends on your specific needs, budget, and the complexity of your projects.
The questions asked
- What is the best project management software for a small business?
Asked between 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-26. Not answering this month: Gemini, Mistral.
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Each month we ask every assistant the same plain buyer questions, worded the way a person shopping for this kind of product would ask them, with no brand suggested in the question except where the question itself names the market leader to find alternatives to. Each assistant answers in a fresh session with no earlier conversation, so an answer reflects what the assistant says to anyone who asks, not what it was steered towards.
From each answer we keep the product and company names it recommends. A name counts only when it appears in the answer as a proper name, is not a heading such as "Best for" or "Pricing", and is confirmed by a second assistant naming it too, by a website the answer cites, or by being the market leader named in the question. Share of voice is each brand's share of all brand mentions in the category this month. Assistants that could not answer this month are listed as not answering, never counted as naming nobody.
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https://mentionfox.com/ai-recommends/project-management